HDD recorders

Ken68

Don't subscribe to Sky, can I use the Sky PVR without signing up to all that rubbish?
In the event of Freeview being OK in this area, got to pay £80 for an aerial and am not convinced anyway. Chap up the road has it.
p.s....I use the Sky programme list a lot to see whats on, and have a favourites planner and can make up an automatic 'viewing' evening, mostly beeb.

robt_2

Your choices appear to be subscribe to sky again and get a sky plus box

OR

get a better terrestial aerial and a freeview recorder

By the way, freeview IS terrestial.

Neither of these would let you record to DVD for your neighbour though, without a DVD recorder.

espresso

So from "Can't get Freeview or Channel 5 in this area" to "Chap up the road has it"



Obviously you need a suitable aerial, as a bit of wet string will not work in reality! Freeview and CH 5 are available in your area and "half the country can't get it" is rubbish!

:rotfl:

Ken68

espresso wrote: »

So from "Can't get Freeview or Channel 5 in this area" to "Chap up the road has it"



Obviously you need a suitable aerial, as a bit of wet string will not work in reality! Freeview and CH 5 are available in your area and "half the country can't get it" is rubbish!

:rotfl:

Yes Espresso...got that wrong...Can get Channel 4 but not on Sky free channels.
Getting Freeview is not the same as viewable Freeview.
Could get Channel 5 but like you say need to upgrade aerial which means NOT in the loft.

GaryS

You cannot get C4 and C5 on Sky free channels unless you pay for a card to decode them.

£20.00 if I remember correctly.

robt_2

Ken68 wrote: »

Yes Espresso...got that wrong...Can get Channel 4 but not on Sky free channels.
Getting Freeview is not the same as viewable Freeview.
Could get Channel 5 but like you say need to upgrade aerial which means NOT in the loft.

Obviously I don't know your house - it may be surrounded by dense trees etc, but generally speaking, it is possible to get perfect freeview with a loft aerial.

Ken68

All interesting stuff, the £20 sky card sounds useful and Freesat to look into.
And....can now get BBc iPlayer for replay and Channel 4 I think, so perhaps no need for hdd recorder.
No way are they gonna walk all over my new roof, and yes, Robert, some of my trees are dense. :-)
Thank you all... lot to think about.

blimeyted

Best investment you can make if you are unsure :

1. Find a good, local reputable aerial installer and pay them to put a decent Freeview aerial on your roof - or in the loft. In a weak signal area, have them put a booster in the signal chain.

2. Buy a Humax 9200. I tried a couple of cheaper brands but they all froze up on me and missed programmes. The Humax is more expensive but worth it. It's been rock solid so far and it has Twin Tuner so you can record 2 progs at the same time.

Most of the country should now be able to get adequate Freeview signals. They've only got til 2012 until the whole country switches from analogue to digital.

Idiophreak

Yeah, pretty much as above - your best options are to get a fella round to put and aerial up on a stick for ya, then get the humax.

Or subscribe to sky +.

In either of those cases, can then just get a cheap DVD recorder from tesco or whatever and do the disks for your neighbours